Unlce "papa" Joel

The lables have papa Joel in his Kayak wet suit with "want some...can't have any!" written below! Perfect!

Uncle Joels funeral was beautiful. A wonderful celebration of his very full life. It was great to see people we haven't seen in a long time. He took his last ride in his green truck and we said goodbye. What a giant of a man who touched many lives. Mine included.

Shawn--looking at a man in the next campground with long brown hair and a beard--"Jesus!"

Marky--his first day of baseball, "Mom, why do I have to run around the bases, it seems dumb if I end up where I started!"

Marky--"I was playing rock, paper, scissors and Shawn cheated!"

Haley and Mark talking on the "Phone" (hands in ears) Haley--Helllo...is this Mark? Marky--No this is Brad....silence..Haley--Brad who?

Marky--"You know, in kindergarten Kashia really liked me....but we seperated in the first grade, she's in another class. Now Megan thinks I'm cute...Meeeeeggannn....ahhhhh she's cute. giggle"-heheheh

Marky after doing me a favor, "Yeah, I know I'm good. I just can't help it!"

Haley to Shawn, "You just don't understand!"

Mark and Haley Playing, Mark: "Haley, I am Harry Potter. (pointing stick at Haley) SILENCIO!" ..Haley just stares at him, Mark :"Good, now you can't talk." He goes on reading.

Mark--drawing a picture--"Look mom, these are fierce landscapers, they hunt birds and deer!" I reply.."Landscapers?" he says, "Yes! You know those people who hunt!"

Mark--"Mom, did you know that this used to be a lake?(salt flats) And if it were still here we'd all be under water? Wierd!"

Shawn--"What's this?" --to just about everything...;)

Haley, "Mom, I want to change my middle name to Ginger." -huh?

Driving down the highway(maybe in the twilight zone), listening to the news on the radio with my kids I started when suddenly it cracked then went silent. A voice came over the radio and said "Erin, Erin are you there?" Mark exclaimed. Mom! The car's talking to you.

Mark explaining to Haley what happens in a cemetery, "You die, then they bury you in a box, then you turn to dust, but you don't mind because your brain is in heaven!"

Marky in a Prayer, "We thank thee for Shawn that he could grown in mommy's tummy we really really like him, and want another."

Haley about the F-16 on display at the Aerospace Museum, 'Check it out mom! These are awesome!' (4 Years old?)

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Some of my Favorite Quotes

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. - Mark Twain

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials, but the ones with the concern. ~Max Lucado

The truth is more important than the facts. - Frank Lloyd Wright

~Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces. ~Judith Viorst

If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.' - Jeff Foxworthy

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.--Miss Piggy